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US6186887B1
US6186887B1 US08/988,495 US98849597A US6186887B1 US 6186887 B1 US6186887 B1 US 6186887B1 US 98849597 A US98849597 A US 98849597A US 6186887 B1 US6186887 B1 US 6186887B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60H—ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
    • B60H1/00—Heating, cooling or ventilating [HVAC] devices
    • B60H1/00007—Combined heating, ventilating, or cooling devices
    • B60H1/00021—Air flow details of HVAC devices
    • B60H1/00028—Constructional lay-out of the devices in the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K37/00—Dashboards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60H—ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
    • B60H1/00—Heating, cooling or ventilating [HVAC] devices
    • B60H1/00007—Combined heating, ventilating, or cooling devices
    • B60H1/00021—Air flow details of HVAC devices
    • B60H2001/00078—Assembling, manufacturing or layout details
    • B60H2001/00107—Assembling, manufacturing or layout details characterised by the relative position of the heat exchangers, e.g. arrangements leading to a curved airflow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60H—ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
    • B60H1/00—Heating, cooling or ventilating [HVAC] devices
    • B60H1/00007—Combined heating, ventilating, or cooling devices
    • B60H1/00207—Combined heating, ventilating, or cooling devices characterised by the position of the HVAC devices with respect to the passenger compartment
    • B60H2001/00214—Devices in front of the passenger compartment

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  • the invention presented here involves an instrument panel for a vehicle, designed in particular for automobiles.
  • instrument panels for automotive vehicles are generally made of a covering panel which makes it possible to conceal the components of the equipment and/or the accessories such as, for example, air conditioning units connected by different conduits between them which come out at openings arranged in the panel.
  • the equipment and/or accessory components are fastened using several casings to the body of the vehicle or, to some of its reinforcement components such as, for example, transverse bars provided under the covering panel for reinforcement against lateral stresses.
  • the first disadvantage of these instrument panels is that they have a very large number of different components. Moreover, the different components are arranged independently of each other under the covering panel, particularly as a function of the restrictions imposed by the vehicle class, the position of its steering column or others. In case of modification, it is thus necessary to redefine all of the locations of the components and particularly for those components which provide air conditioning inside the vehicle.
  • such covering panels have a higher weight and increasing the number of different equipment and/or accessory components leads to cluttering the available space to the detriment, for example, of the volume of the trash containers and/or boxes customarily found at this level.
  • the purpose of the invention presented here is to present an instrument panel for a vehicle which compensates for the aforementioned disadvantages and has a limited number of components.
  • Another purpose of the invention presented here is to propose an instrument panel for a vehicle which may be easily adapted to one type of vehicle or another, by consisting of a maximum number of components, the positioning of which does not need to be redefined, and/or by making consolidations, particularly involving the components which provide air conditioning in the vehicle passenger compartment.
  • Another purpose of the invention presented here is to present an instrument panel whose manufacture and/or installation would be simplified.
  • Another purpose of the invention presented here is to propose an instrument panel for vehicles which has a limited weight.
  • Another purpose of the invention presented here is to propose an instrument panel for vehicles, allowing an increase in the volume of the storage space.
  • the invention presented here involves an instrument panel for vehicles, designed in particular for automobiles, fitted to allow at least the circulation of an air flow for ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning of the vehicle passenger compartment, having at least one cross strut suitable for strengthening the resistance of the vehicle to lateral shocks, the cross strut is tubular so that it is able to form at least one conduit for the air flow.
  • FIG. 1 shows, in perspective, an example of the instrument panel according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows, in an exploded view, the instrument panel depicted in FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows, in a front view, a part of the instrument panel depicted by the preceding drawings, designed to be located towards the passenger at the front of the equipped vehicle,
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view according to the line IV—IV depicted in the aforementioned FIG. 3,
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded view of an embodiment example of a component of the instrument panel depicted in the aforementioned FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 6 is a front view of the component depicted in the aforementioned FIG. 5,
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view according to the line VII—VII depicted in the aforementioned FIG. 6 .
  • the invention presented here involves an instrument panel for vehicles, designed in particular for automobiles.
  • the instrument panel for vehicles according to the invention allows at least for circulation of the air flow 1 for ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning of the vehicle passenger compartment.
  • the invention has at least one cross strut 2 suitable for strengthening the resistance of the vehicle to lateral shocks.
  • the cross strut 2 is tubular so that it is able to form at least one conduit 3 for the air flow 1 .
  • the invention thus allows the lateral distribution of the air flow using only one conduit.
  • the conduit presents the advantage of not depending on the equipped vehicle class or the position of its steering column because it forms an integral part of the structure of the body of the vehicle.
  • a sole conduit can contribute to reducing the length of travel for the air flow and thus avoid very sizable head losses.
  • the reinforcement cross strut planned in the passenger compartment also acts as an air conduit according to the invention, it is possible to decrease the number of parts to use.
  • the longitudinal ends 4 , 5 of the cross strut 2 are intended to be directed, for example, towards the lateral sides of the vehicle.
  • the cross strut 2 is visible, at least partially, in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. By this it is intended that its surface appears at least partially in view of the driver and/or the passengers. Moreover, it will be possibly equipped with a surface treatment designed to improve its exterior appearance.
  • the cross strut 2 has, in particular, the openings 10 - 13 fitted to allow the distribution of air toward the glass walls, the driver and/or the passengers of the vehicle, as shown by the arrows indicated by 6 - 9 , respectively, in FIG. 1 .
  • the opening(s) allowing the distribution of air towards the glass walls is/are made, notably, of slots 10 roughly oriented in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cross strut 2 .
  • the openings 11 - 13 allowing the distribution of air towards the driver and/or the passengers, they are, for example, at one and/or the other end of the cross strut 2 and/or in its middle section.
  • the conduit 3 crosses the vehicle in a continuous manner along its width, they can also be at any other visible point of the cross strut 2 , depending on the requirements.
  • the openings 11 - 13 allowing the distribution of air towards the driver and/or the passengers are covered, for example, by a screen 14 .
  • the screens 14 might be fixed if necessary, where the adjustment of the flow is performed as it is developed further upstream.
  • the openings 10 - 13 are, for example, in the visible section of the cross strut 2 .
  • the cross strut has, moreover, in particular, a decoration 15 allowing the formation of an extension of the screens 14 .
  • the transverse section of the cross strut 2 is defined, for example, according to a lightly bending curve, particularly towards the windshield of the vehicle, in order to facilitate the flow of the part of the air flow 1 intended for the defrost.
  • the cross strut is also able to form a support for different equipment and/or accessory components inside the vehicle.
  • a central console 25 can, in addition, if necessary be fixed, directly or not, to the cross strut 2 .
  • the cross strut is equipped in particular with several mounting tabs 26 .
  • the instrument panel according to the invention comprises, if necessary decorative panels 27 partially covering the cross strut 2 . These panels reinforce the aesthetic appearance of the instrument panel and are made up, for example, of a material allowing the absorption of energy so as to strengthen the crash safety for the driver and/or the passenger.
  • the strut 2 is either of sheet steel or of molded material such as magnesium, aluminum or composite fibers. Moreover, it is equipped at its two longitudinal ends 4 , 5 in particular with stoppers 28 fitted to end the conduit 3 .
  • the instrument panel according to the invention includes, in addition, and cooperating with the strut 2 , a casing 35 of a device for the treatment of air.
  • the casing 35 is suited to allow the passage of the air flow 1 between at least one air intake 37 and one air outlet 38 , planned on its surface.
  • the casing 35 includes the mechanisms for ventilation 32 , heating 33 and/or air conditioning 34 , such that it is possible to air condition the air flow 1 .
  • the casing 35 notably rigid, is equipped, if necessary, with a longitudinal axis 36 , where the mechanisms for ventilation 32 , heating 33 and/or air conditioning 34 can be roughly distributed radially around the longitudinal axis 36 , which is to be roughly horizontal.
  • the casing 35 includes two casing sections 39 , 40 assembled to each other along a joining plane 41 and including of the supports for the mechanisms for ventilation 32 , heating 33 and air conditioning 34 .
  • the mechanisms for ventilation 32 include a centrifugal fan or air blower 65 , the heating mechanisms 33 of a radiator 66 , and the air conditioning mechanisms 34 of an evaporator 67 connected to the refrigerating circuit of the vehicle (not shown).
  • the air intake 37 has a control flap 58 which allows, depending on its position, the drawing in of an air flow I by the air blower 65 from outside the vehicle according to the arrow 70 , or from the inside of the passenger compartment according to the arrow 71 , specifically in order to allow its recirculation.
  • the flap 58 is controlled by the driver from a control panel 44 .
  • One or more filters 57 mounted in a chamber 49 upstream from the air blower 65 makes it possible to clear the air flow 1 .
  • the casing sections 9 , 10 are made for example by molding, especially from plastic material.
  • the casing 35 is secured at the level of the central region of the instrument panel, for example, under the cross strut 2 .
  • the cross strut 2 is, in particular, separated longitudinally, for example by an internal partition 76 , into two conduits 73 , 74 and the casing 35 has a single air outlet 38 coming out into the conduits 73 , 74 .
  • the outlet 38 adjoins, in particular, the two corresponding openings planned opposite on the lower side of the cross strut 2 to either side of the internal partition 76 .
  • the instrument panel is equipped at the level of the outlet 38 , with mechanisms for selecting the course of the air flow 1 towards each of the conduits 73 , 74 .
  • the casing 35 thus has, in particular, a flap 61 making it possible to adjust the quantity of air sent through the conduit 73 toward the windshield while a flap 62 makes it possible to adjust the quantity of air sent through the conduit 74 toward the driver and/or the passengers.
  • the instrument panel possibly additionally has two legs 72 secured to the casing 35 in a way so as to constitute a support piece.
  • they have, on their ends for example, flanges 75 attached specifically to the floor board of the vehicle.
  • the casing 35 is possibly covered by the central console 25 .
  • the central console integrates different components of the inside equipment such as, specifically, an indicator 43 , the control panel 44 , a car radio 45 , an ash tray 46 and/or other items.

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FR9615392A FR2756801B1 (fr) 1996-12-10 1996-12-10 Tableau de bord pour vehicule, notamment destine a des vehicules automobiles
DE19753877A DE19753877A1 (de) 1996-12-10 1997-12-05 Instrumentenbrett für Fahrzeuge, insbesondere Kraftfahrzeuge
US08/988,495 US6186887B1 (en) 1996-12-10 1997-12-10 Instrument panel for a vehicle
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